Samsung Q25 TXC 1500

Advantages: Quiet, good text quality, auto-repeat feature, toner save feature, upgradeable memory, PCL5 and 6, USB and Parallel, Linux compatible
Disadvantages: Relatively slow, too much paper curl

...The Samsung ML-4500 is a GDI (Windows) printer but it has a bigger brother that seems to be lesser known, for some reason. This is surprising since it is a much more superior device all round for only £50 or less extra. The ML-4600 (or Izzi Plus) is a non-GDI laser printer. This means that it's compatible with virtually any operating system, including Linux, as long as there are drivers available for that platform. The printer prints in one of two user-selectable resolutions - 300dpi or 600dpi. Most people would choose the 600dpi option. It also prints anti-aliased text so that it looks as though it's been typed rather than printed, such is the quality. Photographic images don't come out quite so well but then again most people would be unlikely to use a laser except for text/clipart use. It comes with 4Mb RAM on board... Read review

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Advantages: cheap ink, fast printing, quiet mode
Disadvantages: If not in quiet mode then it can be quite noisy

...The canon ip1500 is probably the best printer i have had, It is smart looks good and unlike other cheap models out there it works perfectly fine, This printer is a fast printer and has several features like head cleaning and low ink warning. The ink for this printer unlike some others on the market is also cheap so you cant go wrong with buying a canon ip1500 cheap printer which does a good job and cheap ink which lasts a while. Its fast reliable and cheap. This printer retails at about £40 and the ink i used to buy from a site called choice stationary and i pay about £3 for my ink. Black and colour. I have had my printer now for about 2 years and i have not had one problem with it at all. I use it all the time for printing documents and work related stuff. basically if you want a standard printer from printing documents etc and want... Read review

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Advantages: Very light and thin and looks great
Disadvantages: Very poor robustness, low memory and hard disk capacity, no graphics card

...months and has deteriorated further ever since. This laptop has not seen that much action in its life (a few knocks when carrying around, etc) and I am appauled by all this. Any other laptop would be more robust and durable - they all suffer the standard wear and tear but this is absurd. It seems to me that Samsung only designed this laptop to look good and weigh almost nothing but nothing else. The power adapter which has a wrap-around groove for the wire eventually wore away the insulation of the wire and has been the subject of many repair attempts. So, to sum up, don't buy this if you plan to use it anywhere other than your desk.... Read review

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